Up the hill and far away
Another wander yesterday morning. Up the main road to the top cantina, which has now been expanded and has a more organised seating area. A great place to sit and watch the sun go down, as there aren’t many places on this side of the island where you can do that. I mean, you can, but the sun goes behind the hills rather than sinks into the sea and often, it’s behind the hills before the sky changes to those dramatic colours of a steamy, hot summer’s evening. Of course, I was there at dawn, or just after, and you have an equally beautiful view of the sun coming up over the hills and Pedi.
The wander down is always a relief, especially as I’ve not walked all the way to the cantina this year, and it’s a bit of an uphill trek. Luckily I have an excuse to stop and take photos now and then, which prevents me from passing out, but coming down offers a different challenge—namely, the use of steps as I went through the village. The road is all very well, but also flat, and by the time you’re coming down and have to bend knees to take steps, which is why I do it; to stop them seizing up. There are also the goats to negotiate.
But eventually, I made it to the path home, coming around the back of the village and looking down on the back of Yialos where, in a slightly blurred fashion, you can see the progress of the new amphitheatre.
